Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32a8a80d66b8e218…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-08-13 20:16:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: a94ae80a1f182f0230e74d449ab7985f SHA-1: 9164899b2fcb43125688455262ecf20b6a56776c SHA-256: 32a8a80d66b8e218538a251c0d6c585b5869ff617ecacf1fc4faf562e7b1b94c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by both a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations used for hosting malicious PDFs. The file's structure and the presence of embedded URLs suggest it is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exemple+dossier+de+synth%C3%A8se+de+pratique+professionnelle+dspp PDF link annotation
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803bb0aa54c---56003927940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb42b057bd95b586362be3877ca3a4b7/xuvizamutulanimadezajin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77fb4be431e6555720b8b271635abfb8/99597608092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d709e550045---56890423159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/jozokupuwewura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/71682390895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c86cd13efe---vozajedulajojadejekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02f5022ecf---wokiguvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b125181d0bf---rivexoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/kojubarujeletidovukudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5247b7b20747ccad08f67349d1a17d42/92146757371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e1484f0df9027078efdca92a29b18c1/jedebajirufiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089454931aaf---muwiliwelepodupote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ueqj24ut3lmqq4lq8vfdhsf76g/zavegalevigulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/9922457759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/90927199149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d074045b7cd---30189869015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54109148050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/76802117454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/38617609936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0983n8h7neasi6on22pe1h4vuv/32596449118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a380049ab1dca0a11649390ca9cf37b/3959133633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dcc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC3 11364 bytes
SHA-256: dba896eeccfe3b918aed75e11d14de96a5227bb1dc2c9c20c0cd290132a639fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010edf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDF 18384 bytes
SHA-256: 322dfcfd8bf3fe8e01bd69eb8efaa2a5b0e1ea7bb20f54087b54e2cb986eeb40